Fan Palm, a name common to all those palms which have fan-shaped (palmate) leaves, but more particularly applied to Chamaerops (q.v.), and in the United States to the Palmetto. The Talipot Palm (Corypha umbraculifera) is also called the Great Fan Palm.
Fan Palm
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 547
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